8.10.2011 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 298/10 |
Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 28 July 2011 — European Commission v Republic of Austria
(Case C-548/10) (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2007/2/EC - Environmental policy - Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) - Exchange and updating of data in electronic format - Incomplete transposition)
2011/C 298/18
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: European Commission (represented by: A. Alcover San Pedro and C. Egerer, acting as Agents)
Defendant: Republic of Austria (represented by: C. Pesendorfer, acting as Agent)
Re:
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to adopt or communicate, within the prescribed period, all the measures necessary to comply with Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an infrastructure for spatial information in the European Community (INSPIRE) (OJ 2007 L 108, p. 1)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. |
Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the period prescribed, all the laws, regulation and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an infrastructure for spatial information in the European Community (INSPIRE), the Republic of Austria has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive; |
2. |
Orders the Republic of Austria to pay the costs. |